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Lost a treasure this weekend. Rest in Power https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/04/14/style/faith-ringgold-death-tar-beach-quilts

In which Chast recounts her dreams. That's it. There's no through line or point to any of it. Tedious and self indulgent.

My book club‘s February read, this was thought-provoking and made for a fantastic discussion. The premise is immediately engaging: a man‘s dreams have the power to reshape reality. But the way that premise plays out turns the whole “what if your dreams could come true” idea on its head. What if someone else manipulated your dreams and subsequently reality itself for their own (semi-altruistic but ultimately misguided) ends? ⬇️

*my daily excuse* 🦄

*almost always thinking sad and poetic thoughts*

#dreams #ya #fantasy #debut #ryanlasala #reverie #unreality #quotes #lgbtq #books #dragqueen #rainbows #magic #fiction #dreamworld #wacky #bizarre #witty #bookish #playful #currentread #queer #sparkles #jazzhands #monsters #nightmares #dreamlike

#BookReport
Had a phenomenal reading week finishing two physical and two audiobooks. Highlight of the week was the tagged. It was just seven hours but packed a punch.

#WeeklyForecast
Goal this week is to finish Burning Stars and make good progress in Counterfeit. I'm trying to carve out more reading time but lately the family has been binging Below Decks in our free time.

Beautifully written look at the nature of reality and good intentions versus repercussions. I wasn't sure of the narrator listening to the audiobook but I was won over by the depth of emotion that he was able to convey.

29/150 I'm not sure how I missed this when it was first released, but I'm glad I've read it now. Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell together make magic in this beautiful Japanese story of a fox who falls in love with a Monk, and what she will do to save his life. The story is beautiful but heart wrenching, destined for tragedy. The artwork by Russell is amazing, I could see panels of this framed on people's wall as art. 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a reread since it was selected by my book club. As before, a decade ago, I really enjoyed it. I love the concepts that it plays with. Also, after 10 more years, it brought up a whole set of novel thoughts (for me). Glad I reread it 🙂

This classic SF novel involves a man whose dreams cause the world to be altered. The jumps to different realities makes the reading challenging, but LeGuin poses many thought-provoking questions.

#BacklistReadathon @clwojick @TheAromaofBooks
#gottacatchemall @PuddleJumper (prompt 22: “Koffing: Dystopian setting“)
#52bookclub24 (prompt 12: “Title starting with the letter L“)